Alliance Atlantis Communications Honored With 14 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations.TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/WORLDWIDE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1999-- (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AACB AACB Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists AACB Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. AACB Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Ann Arbor Concert Band (Ann Arbor, MI) ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. .A.) (ME:AAC.A.) (TSE:AAC.B.) (ME:AAC.B.) 13 Nominations For JOAN OF ARC Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. - The Most Nominations Received For Any Miniseries or Movie 1 Nomination for TOTAL RECALL: 2070 The ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS miniseries Joan of Arc, starring the Emmy nominated Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut, Never Been Kissed Never Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco, Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall. ), collected 13 Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy nominations today. The number of nominations were the most received by any miniseries or movie and the second highest number of nominations overall. The ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS drama series Total Recall 2070 received one nomination in the television visual effects category. Joan of Arc seized 13 nominations, including the coveted Outstanding Miniseries (Executive Producers Peter Sussman and Ed Gernon of ALLIANCE ATLANTIS) and Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Leelee Sobieski) categories. The miniseries also received nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Peter O'Toole), two for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Jacqueline Bisset and Olympia Dukakis), Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie (Christian Duguay), Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Movie (Deirdre Bowen of ALLIANCE ATLANTIS, Suzie Glicksman, Fern Orenstein), Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Movie (John Hay), Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Movie (Michael Joy, Shannon Grover, Martin Martinec), Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Benjamin Robin, Jan Archibald), Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Benjamin Robin, Melissa Purino, Tomoko Hidaka), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie (Ralph Brunjes), and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie (Lou Solakofski and Orest Sushko from ALLIANCE ATLANTIS' post-production facility, Casablanca Sound and Picture). Also receiving one nomination was Total Recall 2070 for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series (Jon Campfens, Van LaPointe, Sasha Jarh, John Cox, David Alexander, Ray Caesar, Joel Skeete, Barb Benoit, Linda Tremblay, Rick Gajdecki). "We are elated over the Emmy nominations" stated Peter Sussman, President, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS, Entertainment. "These nominations speak to the quality of the ALLIANCE ATLANTIS productions and to the extremely talented group at the company. Joan of Arc was such a team effort on all levels and we are exceptionally proud of this great recognition from our peers." The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be televised by the Fox Television Network on Sunday, September 12, 1999 from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. is a leading international creator, distributor and broadcaster of filmed entertainment with significant ownership of six Canadian television channels Canada has adopted the NTSC and ATSC television transmission standards without any alterations. However, some unique local variations exist for DTH television because of transponder design variation in the Anik series of satellites. : HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television (Home & Garden Television) Canada, History Television, Life Network, Showcase, Canal Fiction and Canal Histoire. Headquartered in Toronto, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS operates offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Sydney, and Shannon. The Company's shares trade on the Toronto and Montreal exchanges under the symbols AAC.A, AAC.B and on NASDAQ under AACB. The website is www.allianceatlantis.com |
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